JEFFERSON CITY — Every Friday evening, Joseph Benson sits in one of the pews at Temple Beth-El, prayer book in his lap, listening closely as a volunteer congregant leads the week's services and reads the Shabbat prayers.
Without a rabbi, Temple Beth-El finds its leadership in community
Sunday, September 9, 2007 | 2:37 p.m. CDT;
updated 2:15 a.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008
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